CD Doesn’t Play? Don’t Throw It Out! Part 3 - Defective CDs

Mar

24

CD Doesn’t Play? Don’t Throw It Out! Part 3 - Defective CDs

≡ Category: Equipment, Loose Talk |
≅ Written by: Michael Kydonieus

STRATEGY FOR DEFECTIVE STORE BOUGHT CD

Well, check Amazon.com to see if the CD is still available. If it is, replace your CD.

If the CD isn’t available, all is not lost. Simply rip your store bought defective CD with your computer, edit the files to make sure that all clicks and pops are removed, and then burn a CDR copy. (You would think that you couldn’t make a working CDR from a defective store bought CD, but you would be wrong.)

CD BURNING SOFTWARE

But what if you don’t have the software to rip a store bought CD or the software to burn a CDR? Well, it’s cheaper than you’d think. Here’s a well-reviewed piece of software, the Sound Forge Audio Studio 9, which will allow you to rip CDs and burn them. For more information, hover over the product picture.

CDR OR CDRW STOPS WORKING

Now, here’s a second situation. What if you’ve burned a CDR on your computer and it stops working or skips?

Well, as before, you check it on a reference CD player, like your DVD player that also plays store bought CDs and CDRs. (Before you buy a DVD player, make sure that it does this.)

If the problem turns out to be your CD player, replace it. Here’s a budget price CD player that will not only play regular CDs, but your burned CDRs and CDRWs as well, the Sony SCD-CE595 5-Disc CD/Super Audio CD Player. For more information, hover over the product picture.

If not…you can simply rip the defective CDR and burn it again! Unbelievable, but it works.